Major sources and sinks of microplastics and marine litter
Marine litter and plastic pollution come mainly from landbased sources (UNEP 2018e; IRP 2019; van Truong et al. 2019) including agriculture, building and construction, transportation and a wide variety of personal care, pharmaceutical and healthcare products (Adyel 2020). Also from sea-based activities which arises from multiple sources (GESAMP 2015; GESAMP 2020b), for example maritime equipment…
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Year:01/11/2021
Major sources and sinks of microplastics and marine litter
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